Min Chul Gu reports on international arms exports, military trade, and defense policy developments in South Korea. His coverage bridges both domestic and global dimensions of South Korea’s growing role in the international defense market.
The South Korean military validates a new locally developed protected multirole vehicle, called the KMPV Blue Shark, to support Korea's products in the international defense export market.
The Korean military validates the KMPV Blue Shark vehicle by using...
The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation, better known as DRDO, announced that it successfully test-fired the Agni P surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads up to about 2,000 km.
“Agni-P is a new...
On Monday, the South Korean Navy commissioned its second Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship, the ROKS Marado (LPH-6112).
The 199-meter-long, 31-meter-wide Landing Platform Helicopter was commissioned on the 28th of June 2021 and is based at the Jinhae Naval...
South Korean defense firm Hanwha Defense announced in a press release Wednesday that it has launched practical discussions with suppliers in the UK in bids to participate in the upcoming Mobile Fires Platform (MFP) program for acquiring advanced self-propelled howitzers.
According to...
The Indian military has deployed its newest tracked 155mm howitzer guns to the disputed frontier region of Ladakh.
Indian bloggers on Jun. 1, reported that the Indian Army deployed K-9 Vajra tracked howitzers to the contested Ladakh border...
South Korea's Hanwha Defense is pushing a new combat vehicle with a 105mm turret mounted on its K21 chassis for the Indian Army.
Just last week, the Indian Army released Request for Information (RFI) to seek prospective vendors to procure...
The U.S. Department of Defense had announced the contract, a modification to a previous award, for Peace Phoenix Rising 2 (PPR2) program of the Taiwanese Air Force, also known as the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF).
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics...
South Korean media on Apr. 23, reported that Korea Aerospace Industries, or KAI, and the Thailand government have reached an agreement on the next batch of T-50TH lead-in fighter trainers.
The story was first reported by reporter Min-Seok...
